Renu Agarwal – författare

In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the undertaking of managing innovation. Without the right focus, resourcing and capabilities, firms struggle to create value through innovation. However, the task of managing innovation is one of continuous paradoxes where an overly structured mind-set can impede entrepreneurship, creativity, culture and the right conditions for disruption. The question remains of how we can have the right lens to properly understand and appreciate innovation, and how we can have a flexible set of tools, techniques and perspectives to support innovation. This concise text introduces readers to one of the fundamental ideas in the business world.Insights into the key ingredients of innovation, including business models, services, entrepreneurship and creativity are analysed alongside core contexts, such as disruptive technology. Students of business and management will appreciate additional coverage of the future of the field, including open innovation and the dark side of digital disruption.This accessible book provides a thought-provoking, stimulating perspective that will make it a valuable resource for a range of academic and student audiences across business and management disciplines.

In recent years, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the undertaking of managing innovation. Without the right focus, resourcing and capabilities, firms struggle to create value through innovation. However, the task of managing innovation is one of continuous paradoxes where an overly structured mind-set can impede entrepreneurship, creativity, culture and the right conditions for disruption. The question remains of how we can have the right lens to properly understand and appreciate innovation, and how we can have a flexible set of tools, techniques and perspectives to support innovation. This concise text introduces readers to one of the fundamental ideas in the business world.Insights into the key ingredients of innovation, including business models, services, entrepreneurship and creativity are analysed alongside core contexts, such as disruptive technology. Students of business and management will appreciate additional coverage of the future of the field, including open innovation and the dark side of digital disruption.This accessible book provides a thought-provoking, stimulating perspective that will make it a valuable resource for a range of academic and student audiences across business and management disciplines.

This Companion provides a review of global value chains (GVCs) and the megatrends that are shaping them and will continue to reshape them in deep-set trajectories of change over the next few decades. Megatrends herald both challenges and opportunities. With the growing interest among business leaders and researchers in GVCs, this is a reference work which fills a gap in current literature by focusing on the new features of GVCs, including the shift of global purchasing power towards developing economies, the significance of emerging technologies and data analytics, the increasing tensions between globalisation and de-globalisation, and the role of micro-multinationals, start-up entrepreneurs, the public sector and middle markets in a fast-changing global economy. The early chapters are essentially intradisciplinary in character, with the first seeking to explore some historical aspects of GVCs. Subsequent chapters cover the theory and practice of operations and supply chain management, emerging supply chain technologies, and the impact of inter-firm collaboration across sectors and economies. The final chapters take a more interdisciplinary approach and examine topics at the interface of GVCs with the economy, society, culture and politics.This comprehensive handbook provides a timely analysis of leading-edge global megatrends and practices in one volume.

This Companion provides a review of global value chains (GVCs) and the megatrends that are shaping them and will continue to reshape them in deep-set trajectories of change over the next few decades. Megatrends herald both challenges and opportunities. With the growing interest among business leaders and researchers in GVCs, this is a reference work which fills a gap in current literature by focusing on the new features of GVCs, including the shift of global purchasing power towards developing economies, the significance of emerging technologies and data analytics, the increasing tensions between globalisation and de-globalisation, and the role of micro-multinationals, start-up entrepreneurs, the public sector and middle markets in a fast-changing global economy. The early chapters are essentially intradisciplinary in character, with the first seeking to explore some historical aspects of GVCs. Subsequent chapters cover the theory and practice of operations and supply chain management, emerging supply chain technologies, and the impact of inter-firm collaboration across sectors and economies. The final chapters take a more interdisciplinary approach and examine topics at the interface of GVCs with the economy, society, culture and politics.This comprehensive handbook provides a timely analysis of leading-edge global megatrends and practices in one volume.

A Guidebook to Service Innovation

Bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers, academics and professionals to provide practitioners, students and academicians with comprehensive insights into implementing effective service innovation. This book presents service innovation holistically and systemically across various service areas, including health, education, tourism, hospitality, telecommunications, and retail. It addresses contemporary issues through conceptual and applied contributions across industry, academia, and government, providing insights for improved practice and policy making.Featuring cutting-edge research contributions, practical examples, implementations and a select number of case studies across several growth service industries, this book also includes examples of failed service innovation attempts in order to demonstrate a balanced view of the topic and to make clear the pitfalls to be avoided.Culminating in a suggested step-by-step guide to enable service organization’s managers to understand and implement the concepts of service innovation and manage its evolutionary processes effectively, this book will prove a valuable resource to a wide reaching audience including researchers, practitioners, managers, and students who aspire to create a deeper scientific foundation for service design and engineering, service experience and marketing, and service management and innovation. Includes endorsements from professionals in the field of service innovation.

This book provides fundamental information on the anatomy, physiology, and morphology of insects. Understanding the biological processes that occur rapidly within their body systems is crucial. This knowledge enables us to gain a deeper understanding of their behavior in the ecosystem, including their interactions with their hosts and life cycles.

The book is divided into chapters that guide readers to gain a better understanding of various aspects of probiotics, ranging from isolation to usage and safety. The book includes mechanisms of action, animal and human studies as evidence to support these properties. It covers the different probiotic products available in the market and discusses the roles of probiotics in maintaining human health by analyzing intestinal disorders. The book emphasizes the ability of probiotics to modulate gut microbiota and the importance of dietary management. It covers advancements in the preparation of probiotic foods in the market. In summary, the book offers an overview of fundamental concepts, mechanisms, therapeutic actions, technological aspects, and future research related to probiotic bacteria. It is beneficial for students, scientists, pharmacists, nutritionists, and professionals in the field of gastrointestinal disorders and other diseases, as well as companies involved in the production of functional foods or nutraceuticals. The book successfully bridges the gap between food and health.

This book is focused on evaluating past research efforts that have been made in the area of agricultural waste conversion and its practical applications. The study aims to review the various investigations that have been conducted in the field of agricultural waste utilization. Recycling and utilizing agricultural waste is a crucial step towards ensuring environmental protection, strengthening energy structures, and promoting agricultural development. The recycling and utilization pathways for agricultural waste have also been examined in detail.Additionally, the book examines the legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as the strengthening of rural markets. It is designed to provide extensive fundamental information about the recycling and utilization of agricultural waste in the context of modernization and urbanization worldwide.

The book has been structured into chapters that serve as a guide for readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of probiotics, starting from isolation to their usage and safety. It includes mechanisms of action, animal and human studies, and probiotic products available in the market, as well as functional roles of probiotics in human health by analyzing different intestinal disorders. The book emphasizes the ability of probiotics to modulate gut microbiota and the role of dietary management. It discusses advancements in the preparation of probiotic foods in the market, and in summary, provides an overview of fundamental concepts, mechanisms, therapeutic actions, technological aspects, and future research related to probiotic bacteria. This book will be beneficial for students, scientists, pharmacists, nutritionists, and professionals working in the field of gastrointestinal disorders and other diseases, as well as companies involved in the production of new functional foods or nutraceuticals. It is also useful for public health professionals and clinicians, as it successfully links food and health.

This book delves into the prior research conducted on converting and making use of agricultural waste for practical purposes, as well as increasing their economic value. The primary objective of this book is to assess the various applications and research that have been carried out in the fields of potential utilization of agricultural wastes. Recycling and utilizing agricultural waste is a crucial step towards environmental protection, energy structure, and agricultural development. The recycling and utilization pathway of agricultural waste has been thoroughly discussed in this book.In addition to this, the book also focuses on laws and regulations, and strengthening of rural markets. It aims to provide comprehensive, fundamental information for the recycling and utilization of agricultural waste during the process of modernization and urbanization all around the world.

The purpose of this book is to provide fundamental information about the anatomy, physiology, and morphology of insects. It is crucial to possess a solid understanding of the biological processes that occur rapidly within their body systems. This knowledge enables us to gain a comprehensive understanding of their behavior in the ecosystem, including their interactions with their hosts and their life cycles.

This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts.

This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts.

A considerable portion of the book is devoted to pharmacological action of the main groups of drugs whose structure includes asymmetric atoms (that is, drugs with several isomers).

A considerable portion of the book is devoted to pharmacological action of the main groups of drugs whose structure includes asymmetric atoms (that is, drugs with several isomers).

In this book, a risk management approach starts off by discussing important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives during VUCA times. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such unknown-unknown risks and subsequent disruptions at a global scale.The book explores and presents the latest developments across different emerging topics in supply chain risk and disruption management. These include (i) an overview of supply chain risk, and disruption management tools, techniques, and approaches, (ii) a review on uncertainty modeling for decentralized supply chain systems, (iii) supply chain deep uncertainties and risks - the 'new normal', (iv) emergent technologies for supply chain risk and disruption management, (v) supply chain resilience strategies for times of unprecedented uncertainty, (vi) the role of blockchain in developing supply chain resilience against disruptions, (vii) a qualitative study on supply chain risk management adopting blockchain technology, (viii) assessment of risks and risk management for agriculture supply chain, (ix) resilience of agri-food supply chains: Australian developments after a decade of supply and demand shocks, (x) prioritization of risks in the pharmaceutical supply chains (xi) improving medical supply chain disruption management with the blockchain technology, and (xii) impacts of resilience practices on supply chain sustainability.The book contributes significantly to the growing body of knowledge concerning the theory and practice of managing supply chain risks and disruptions in strategic management, operations and supply chain, and sustainability literature. It presents contemporary, innovative and latest developments in applying smart management tools, techniques and approaches for managing supply chain risk and disruption and future-proofing supply chains to become agile, resilient and sustainable.

In this book, a risk management approach starts off by discussing important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives during VUCA times. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such unknown-unknown risks and subsequent disruptions at a global scale.The book explores and presents the latest developments across different emerging topics in supply chain risk and disruption management. These include (i) an overview of supply chain risk, and disruption management tools, techniques, and approaches, (ii) a review on uncertainty modeling for decentralized supply chain systems, (iii) supply chain deep uncertainties and risks - the 'new normal', (iv) emergent technologies for supply chain risk and disruption management, (v) supply chain resilience strategies for times of unprecedented uncertainty, (vi) the role of blockchain in developing supply chain resilience against disruptions, (vii) a qualitative study on supply chain risk management adopting blockchain technology, (viii) assessment of risks and risk management for agriculture supply chain, (ix) resilience of agri-food supply chains: Australian developments after a decade of supply and demand shocks, (x) prioritization of risks in the pharmaceutical supply chains (xi) improving medical supply chain disruption management with the blockchain technology, and (xii) impacts of resilience practices on supply chain sustainability.The book contributes significantly to the growing body of knowledge concerning the theory and practice of managing supply chain risks and disruptions in strategic management, operations and supply chain, and sustainability literature. It presents contemporary, innovative and latest developments in applying smart management tools, techniques and approaches for managing supply chain risk and disruption and future-proofing supply chains to become agile, resilient and sustainable.